Lawson Schultz (they/she)
I aim to collaborate with communities as a planner and researcher to empower visions of sustainability, safety, and joy. I received an Honors BA with Distinction in sociology and art with a minor in policy and social justice from the University of Delaware. While earning this degree, I gained an interdisciplinary background in social theory, visual art, and American history. I researched the impacts of U.S. military bases abroad (2021), anti-Muslim prejudice in Arkansas (2022), prison education pedagogy (2022), and the intersections of housing and transportation insecurity in Delaware (2023). I am currently a Master of Urban and Regional Planning student focusing on land use, environmental justice, and the relationship between community development and mass incarceration. In addition to course work, I am researching prison planning and Michigan prison history for the Carceral State Project, and I am also a member of the Prison Creative Arts Project, where I facilitate weekly art workshops in Cooper Street Correctional Facility and contribute to installing the annual PCAP art exhibition.
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